Comparison

Bilateral Calm vs Calgary Movement Studio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bilateral Calm

Features
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Bilateral Calm is a self-paced, self-help tool that uses bilateral stimulation to help your nervous system process stress, worry, and trauma-like responses. Pairing guided exercises with alternating left-right audio, it empowers you to regulate your emotions and build healthy habits anywhereβ€”no clinic visit required. The Science: What is Bilateral Stimulation? At the core of therapies like EMDR, bilateral stimulation uses rhythmic left-right input (via sound, tapping, or eye movement) to actively engage both brain hemispheres. This alternating input helps the nervous system process worry, stress, and emotional distress responses more effectively. Bilateral Calm delivers these proven therapeutic principles in short, accessible audio sessions. While not a substitute for clinical therapy, it serves as an excellent complement to your broader healing journey. Practices Tailored to Your Life. Our guided tasks are built around the everyday emotional experiences most people face. Each practice pairs bilateral sound with structured guided exercises to support 1. Stress & Emotions: Tension, worry, overwhelm, stress, burnout, grief, sadness, and anger. 2. Sleep & Rest: Anxiety about insomnia and nightmares. 3. Performance & Self: Stage fright, performance pressure, low self-worth, and boundaries. 4. Painful Memories & Healing: Trauma responses (as a self-help complement to therapy) and healing past painful stories. Designed for Your Needs. Work at Your Pace. Follow guided tasks for each practice. Pause whenever you need to, and return exactly when you are ready. Track Your Progress. Monitor your ongoing wellness journey with detailed progress tracking and a complete practice history. Daily Audio Library. A separate library of calming tones is available for continuous use, featuring deep-calm 432 Hz, gamma 40 Hz memory tones, ocean waves, and forest tones. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bilateralcalm.com/privacy

About

Calgary Movement Studio

Features
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The Calgary Movement Studio app makes it very easy for you to manage your Calgary Movement Studio account, book into our classes and events and keep in touch with us. You can easily message us if you have a question or want to share something with them. You can also follow our public feed to see any announcements we make, promos we run, or content we share.

Screenshots

Bilateral Calm4 screens
Calgary Movement Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bilateral Calm and Calgary Movement Studio are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Bilateral Calm versus Calgary Movement Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBilateral CalmCalgary Movement Studio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details β€” not scored
Size180 MB55 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMood and Sleep Clinic LLCMomence, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Bilateral Calm

No in-app purchases

None

Calgary Movement Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bilateral Calm free?
Bilateral Calm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calgary Movement Studio free?
Calgary Movement Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bilateral Calm or Calgary Movement Studio have ads?
Neither Bilateral Calm nor Calgary Movement Studio shows ads.

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